A convertible bond is a regular corporate bond that has the added feature of being convertible into a fixed number of puts on common stock so there is protection on the bond. Convertible bonds are debt instruments because they pay interest and have a fixed maturity date.

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Convertible bonds give the holder the right to convert into common shares (a call-like feature), not into puts, so the statement is false.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Convertible bond: a hybrid security that is a corporate bond with an embedded option allowing the bondholder to convert the bond into a fixed number of the issuer’s common shares (determined by the conversion ratio).  
- Debt vs. equity: As a bond it pays interest and has a maturity date (debt characteristics); the conversion feature provides equity upside (equity characteristic).  
- Put vs. call: A put option gives the holder the right to sell the underlying; a call gives the right to buy. The conversion privilege is economically like a call on the issuer’s stock, not a put. Some securities may be “putable convertibles” (a separate put right), but that is a special feature, not the default.

2) Step-by-step reasoning
- The sentence claims convertibles are “convertible into a fixed number of puts on common stock.” That is incorrect: the embedded option converts the bond into shares (or gives the right to receive shares), not into put options.  
- The sentence correctly notes convertibles pay interest and have maturity (so they are debt instruments), but ignores that conversion is an equity-like call option, so convertibles are hybrids.  
- Because the key conversion description is wrong (puts vs shares/call), the overall statement must be judged false.

3) Calculations / intermediate steps
- No numeric calculation is required; the logical correction is: conversion → shares (conversion ratio), not conversion → puts.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- The defining feature of a convertible is conversion into common equity (shares), which provides upside participation. That makes the claim about conversion into puts factually incorrect. While convertibles are debt instruments in form, their embedded conversion right is equity-like, not a protective put.

5) Why the other option (True) is incorrect
- Marking the statement True would accept the incorrect claim that convertibles convert into puts and that they inherently provide bond protection; both are wrong in the general case.

Conclusion: The correct choice is False, which matches the provided answer.

A convertible bond is a regular corporate bond that has the added feature of being convertible into a fixed number of puts on common stock so there is protection on the bond. Convertible bonds are debt instruments because they pay interest and have a fixed maturity date.判断题

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